Portfolio

This is a familiar scene in downtown Brampton during the winter months at Gage Park. A very favourite place for a lot of people.

This beautiful scene is located in Alton Ontario, next to the Alton Mill.

Located deep within Arrowhead Provincial Park, this beautiful meadow overflows with the Joe Pye Weed and the Cardinal Flowers by late summer.

This is a black and white photo of a painting I did over 30 years ago. The painting is called Early's Farmhouse (the name of the family), and you can see back then how the strong detailed way that I paint bricks now is beginning.

Beneath the Trees

Beautiful setting found in the Rockwood Conservation area. The heron kept coming out to look at me so I thought I should paint him in since it was his home.

After the Storm

This painting is from Mountainview Road in Geogetown, as you travel across the bridge and around the corner area.

Arrowhead Rockery

I have always loved rocks, but most artists show rocks as a boring grey. When you look at this piece closely, you will see there is no grey used . The setting is from deep inside Arrowhead Provincial park in Huntsville.

Belfountain General Store

I have enjoyed going to the Belfountain General Store since I was a child , on a Sunday drive stopping for ice cream.

ATHABASKA FALLS

The mountains have always been a favourite destination for me, and I feel the Athabaska Falls are particularly beautiful. The fine detail in this painting was accomplished using a triple zero brush.

BIRCH BOG

A very popular painting. This scene is located near the entrance to the Algonquin Park, and the viewer can feel as if they are squishing into the muck at the front. Clients have shown me that they matted the giclee print with the salmon colour, or picking up on the cobalt blue, or various shades of green. Depending on the colour they select for the mat, it changes the mood of this piece.

CARTERS BEACH

for years this beach was a well kept secret from the throngs of tourists, and only used by the locals in Port Mouton, Nova Scotia. Unfortunately , the tourists have now found it and clog the highway so they can walk down through the path in the woods that empties out to this lovely area.

FORKS of the CREDIT

Still one of my favourite areas, and loved by hundreds ( even used in tv commercials) the Forks of the Credit is in Caledon, near Belfountain and is beautiful in any season. Fishermen also love the area.

Hutchinson Homestead

The painting was a unique commission, that came to me as a number of tiny black and white elderly photos, which I had to painstakingly get the detail from and put together.

The little boy is the the senior who owns the painting, when he was a child with his pet calf. His aunt, grandfather and father also add to the fond memories of his home that now sits under Terminal Three at Toronto Pearson Airport.

Frosted Waters

This scene is found just above the Cataract Falls in Belfountain, Ontario.

Butterfly

This is a scene found in the Rockwood Consevation area, and is owned by The City of Brampton.

Mackerel Sky

This painting is of a scene at Beach Meadows , Fralick Cove ,Nova Scotia, an area where I spent a lot of happy hours as a child.

The name comes from the type of clouds that you experience when there is a weather disturbance in a 24 hour period "that is sometimes wet, and sometimes dry", as the rhyme goes.

Ucluelet

Beautiful scene from Vancouver Island.

This painting was selected for the prestigious Uxbridge Juried exhibition in 2017.

In 2018, Ucluelet was selected for the Colour and Form Society 66th Annual Juried Exhibition.

"Fiddleheads"

Wonderful, yummy little plant that unfortunately has a very brief growth period, so actually remains as a special dish.

This painting was selected for the 2017 ADC International Juried Exhibition in Cincinnatti.

"Paneful Memories"

On Joseph Street in Brampton, Ontario , is a small house that was once a church, and in behind is where I found the window in what had once been a stable. Absolutely love the character that the window displayed.

"Wetlands"

I have always loved bogs and find beautiful detail to paint. "Wetlands " is a 24" by 30" oil on canvas painting, of a scene that I found on the 15th sideroad north of Palgrave ,Ontario.

This painting was selected for the Federation of Canadian Artists International Juried exhibition in 2017.

"RiverBank"

This small 10" by 12" oil on canvas painting shows a scene found in Algonquin Park, Canada.

"Winter Solitude"

This 24" by 30" oil on canvas painting shows a scene on Shawscreek Road in Caledon.

"Gully" is a 24 by 36 inch oil on canvas painting completed in July , 2017.

This painting has been successful in being selected for the Colour and Form Society 65th Open Juried Exhibition, and also the Ontario Society of Artists 145th Annual Open Juried Exhibition at the John B Aird Gallery. Only 38 artworks were selected from 462.

June1/18 “Gully” was juried into the 8th Annual Light/Space/Time Landscape competition involving 26 countries around the world as well as 29 States in the USA.

Ten pieces were selected for the top placement.

“Gully” won in the Special Merit Category.

In the notification it stated …

Special Merit Award Category – These are the artists and their artwork which we felt could easily have been placed higher but due to the size constraints in each media category, this art was placed in this special category. Any of the Special Merit art, in many cases, is interchangeable with the best art that we selected for the top tiers.

Miners Bay is a 24 by 36 inch oil painting on canvas, completed August 1st, 2018.

This scene is located 10 km south of Minden, Ontario, about 30 yards in to the woods.

Meshed is a 16 by 20 inch oil painting that is of a woods in Ecum Secum , Nova Scotia on the family homestead at Davidson Point.

The Sunbathers shows two friends enjoying basking in the afternoon sun, in their pond in Caledon, Ont. This oil painting is 8 by 10 inches, and won a Special Merit Award in the Light/Space /Time 8th Annual Nature Exhibition ,2018, with 742 entries from 22 countries.

Blasts from the Past// Memories

Published in the Toronto Daily Star , Thursday ,September 11, 1969. I was just a teen then, and preparing to show my artwork in an exhibition.

Published in the Toronto Daily Star , Thursday ,September 11, 1969. I was just a teen then, and preparing to show my artwork in an exhibition.

I became friends with A.Y. Jackson and visited him several times at his home at the McMichael Centre before he passed away.

This was a wonderful exhibition in Ottawa where selected artists from each province were brought together for a special event.

In the Caledon Citizen June 25, 2015

In the Brampton Guardian , Sunday, November 22, 1998.

Artist Lynden Cowan with a painting that was commissioned. Finished, and now going to it's owner.

November 25, 1995

Published in the Peel Memorial Hospital publication, "News A Peel", April 1988.

Published in the June/July 1989 "News A Peel" edition which was a Peel Memorial Hospital Publication.

This was published by the William Osler Health Foundations "Partners" edition in 2005.

Published in "Friend O'Peel" by the Peel Memorial Hospital Foundation, Autumn 1996.

Though the painting itself assisted the hospital fundraising efforts, the inspiration came to honour the memory of a special person that the family had lost, Douglas Norman Arnott.

Published in The Brampton Guardian , November 2, 2007

Published in The Brampton Guardian, Friday, November 2nd, 2007

This is the front of the catalogue for the Colour and Form Society exhibition. They liked my artwork so much, they put it on their cover. Twisted Tree is the painting in the bottom right corner. :)

In this advertisement in The Brampton Guardian, done by a gallery in Shoppers World, Brampton, they didn't even get my name right :0

Published on the front page of the Brampton section, The Toronto Star , Thursday, February 1st, 1996.

Published in the Brampton section of The Toronto Star, Thursday February 1st, 1996.

Published in the June 2007 edition of Curious The Tourist Guide.

My painting Ucluelet, was selected for the Uxbridge 2017 Celebration of the Arts Juried show. I have placed the insert of my piece over the catalogue. :)

Published October 14, 1970 in the Woodbridge & Vaughan News. I was a teenager back then teaching students how to paint , and proudly had the students exhibit their work once a year because it gave them the experience of showing their artwork to the public.

Write up in the Brampton Times when I was in the Royal Oak Gallery years ago.

Published in the Toronto Star, Tuesday May 23, 1989.

Published Monday, May 1st, 1989 in the Times. They had a small photo of me on the front page, and the article inside. I am with a close friend , Paulette , and we have enjoyed being friends for a number of years. :)

Published in The Guardian, December 7, 1988. I was thrilled to be a part of the Society of Canadian Artists for a number of years, but unfortunately let the membership lapse due to time constraints. Plan to try and become an active member again.

Published in The Toronto Star, Tuesday, April 11, 1989.

Published on the front page of The Brampton Guardian, March 29, 1989.

Published in The Brampton Guardian, March 29, 1989.

Published in The Guardian, November 29,1989.

Around the end of 1989, and beginning of 1990, there was a lot of discussion in the editorials of the newspapers regarding purchasing artwork for the "new" Brampton City Hall. I was put forth by a number of people for purchasing artwork from. This is one letters to the editor, published in The Brampton Times, Wednesday, January 10,1990.

This is the Editorial in the Brampton Times , January 10, 1990 when there was a lot of discussion regarding buying artwork for the Brampton City Hall.

And what is a good discussion in the newspapers, if an artist did not respond ?

My response published Friday January 12, 1990 in the Brampton Guardian.

In 1989 I was honoured by the City of Brampton with the Arts Acclaim award.

This was published in The Brampton Guardian , Sunday, January 14, 1900.

I have always been known to feed our feathered friends. Published Thursday, June 1st, 1989 in the Brampton Times.

Published in The Brampton Guardian, Sunday , December 18th, 2005

Published on the front page of Curious The Tourist Guide, June 2007. Shows my painting Cardinal Flowers Meadow.

Published on the front cover of Curious, The Tourist Guide, October 2007.

Published in Curious The Tourist Guide, June 2007 and October 2007.

In 1999, I assisted the local hospital in their fundraising campaigns, for an original painting that was in a draw January 7, 2000. Here you see the envelope that was sent out to everyone in the community, and part of the inside of the card.

In 1999, I assisted the local hospital in their fundraising campaigns, for an original painting that was in a draw January 7, 2000. Here you see the card, and "draw " ticket.

Published in the Spring/February 1989 ART IMPRESSIONS magazine

Moved from that address years ago .

A nice article published Wednesday, July 27th, 1988 in The Herald front page, when I painted The Barber house, built in 1856 before it was destroyed

Published in The Guardian, November 2, 1988.

Out and About

Alton Mill

I try to spend as much time as I can in my studio at the Alton Mill Arts Centre, and enjoy interacting with the public. You can find me in studio 202 :)

"Old 21 Division"

This painting was a commission from Peel Regional Police in 2009, of the station that they were closing , and now hangs in their new 21 Division station. Here you see me with (at the time) Police Chief Metcalfe, and Inspector MacDonald after the painting was hung in a main area so all the officers could enjoy it.

In my studio with Hockey Great Rick Nash, with the painting of his childhood home that I was commissioned to do.

Rick has been on the Olympic Gold Medal winning hockey team. Presently plays for New York but previously was Captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets.

At the opening reception at the Etobicoke Civic Centre, January 31st, 2018, with other SOVA artists. Left to right, Margaret Pardy, Steve Wilson,Charlene Nickels, Helen Duplassie, Robert Chisholm, and myself Lynden Cowan.

TV interview Feb 14/18 at Etobicoke Civic Centre by Fairchild Television for their "What's On " section.

Exhibitions

Selected for the McMichael Gallery in Kleinberg.

Opening reception at the Twist Gallery, Toronto, 2015.

2017 exhibitions

Exhibited at the Carrier Gallery.

Exhibited at Holcim Gallery in Milton, and Sisnett Lobby in the Halton Hills Cultural Centre, Georgetown.

At the opening reception for the Art Square Gallery in Toronto, with fellow SOVA artists Steve Wilson, and Charlene Nickels.

This is the front of the catalogue for the Colour and Form Society exhibition. They liked my artwork so much, they put it on their cover. Twisted Tree is the painting in the bottom right corner. :)